The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-14
THE BELLAIRE FAIR.
IT'S MIG orENlNa YESTERDAY

Tho biggest Crowd tho City Ever Saw Packs
tho Streets All Day and Watches tho
Races or Loohs at the Exhiblts-The
Inaugural Parade a Success.
Everybody in Bellaire was jubilant yes
terday over tho success Of her trst street
fair. The Glasa City, with all It's attrac.
tlons for visitors and Its recent long strides
forward % city, has had strikingly few
events which called together people from
out Of town In large numbera. The hold.
Ing Of fair there has long bson agitated,
bu. never carried ont. The big Loan Ex.
hibItion several years ago was about the
only amusement event the town ever, had
that attracted attention bsyond its own
borders. .ilsi, tiiE}t ll9lla y
There Is no town anywhere whose PEG.
ple are moro thoroughly 'imbued with 10.
cal pride, and yesterday they were all
enthusiastic and busy contributing to the
EMO ment Of their guests. K r.. ~. '-'.'
Early in the morning people began to
pour into the city. No such crowd was
ever seen there before. Wheeling con.
trlbuted generously to the throng, every
trip Of the packet Bellaire, every street
cor and every train between the two citiea
bolng crowded with people. Nearly every
private vahicle In Wheeling seemed also
to be on the streets at Bellai,s yesterday,
and about score OF Wheeling wheetmen
went down on their mschnes. Tho three
railroads entering the city had about all
tho paseeugora they could handle, the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh having to borrow
a good many coaches to accommodate It's
business on account OF the stsubsnyille
and Bellairs fairs. u
3 g,- OPENING OF THE DAY. VII
The weather wss as fair 90 could have
been desired. "A little gust 0! wind once
or twice wna pretty hard on the decora.
tionu, but did no harm. Tho town Is gay
with lags and bunting, and tho gas arches
and revolving natural gas lights OF the
Wheeling Big Reunion, hired for the oc.
caeion, have been placed at prominent
points on the streets. Osing to tho greater
width Of the atreo!s they had to be ha.ten.
cd out a little aud then would no. reach
from curb to curb. 'N.F 1'FS IS M jN4
Tho displays arc not grouped as they
are at Steubsnville. The fair extends
from tho Public Square on Belmont street
to the postollios on Union, the different
exhibits being e.rewn at intervals over
six or eight squares. Some oil them are
on benches along the curb, aud others in
the storea Of merchants who donated the
lpremiums. ~. S5. 80 go N y
The marshnls and committees were
busy yesterday from an early boar, getting
ready for the big street. parade which in
augurated the affair. !.
; The procession wss formed with much
less contuaion than is usual and moved
with apromptness that wss commeudab,e,
and showed that the managers understood
such work. The long line If wasons and
carriages gaily decorated and advertising
vol the business enterprise OF merchants
, was quite attractive, and 8 great surprise,
too, by its variety and extent. The live
stock in the procession made certain that
the farmers in tho vicinity are making
rapid progreRH in the work of improving
; their animals. Ths horsaa were more
numerous than other kinds OF live stock
Among them were several fius stallions
from the atabler OF Morgan & Heath, Bel.
laire, James .Dunlss and Thomas Craig,
Of Mead township. a.i,s ~ s.,Igl
There was fine show Of colts from four
months old to three years Of aga. A fine
herd Of Holstein cows from the farm OF
Robert Nc Kelyey, EGG, Of Mead township,
and Nr. Hugh Gitlin, Of Pultuey, attracted
tattention. a short.horn bull owned by
Mr. Joseph McKelvey, 8 Guernsey, the
property Of 8. Workman, OF Mead town
ship, and 9 Jersey from the herd OF Mr..
, Thomas P. Keyser, Of Pultnay township,
were fine animals. Messrs. Neif and Harris
had fine lot OF poultry. s.tSf a
Jesae r. Purnell waa the Chief Marshal.
Striking features Of the parade were the
fire department, ssve1 goat carriages
driven by little boys, the Windsor Hotel
carriage occupied by Mlesea Cora Carr,
Emile Shepherd, Jessie Butte and Annie
Husbands, q pleasant party Of ladies, the
City Council, in a carriage, who were
cheered time aud sgain by the spectators,
and tho butchers, sixty in number,
mounted. J. Ritz, s. Moore, j. McClan,
F. J. Smith, ""Blue Flag" Joseph Ulem.
ents, the grocers in the procession, pre-.
scented fine show. A. House was the
only Wheeling gentleman who repre-.
scented Wheeling. firm in the parade.
The Bellaire and Quaker City brass banda
furnished the music. ~ "a
i W. A. Myers, OF Pultney Ridge, made
4 fine display with a 400 gallon milk can. I
i Blum B1othexs ard P. 7. Kings disp!aTs
were especially Gne. i McGinty g. S:raub
ciBplayed a fine lot Of candies in their
wagon. Tho combination wagon OF car
pets and furniture by A. klotz and Carrie
Hoffman deserves special mention.
!. AlthoR had a big loaf Of bresd drawn
by ten boys, and Fred Rodewig, baker
men baking bread in wsgon. Colonel
Poorman, Of the Tribune, had printing
press In wagon. b
f5s 5557s5s TIE EXHIBITS. {5s
Among tho exhibits perhaps the most
unique is the cat chow. About score OF
all kinds, Bizes and colors Of cats are eE.
hibited, and they are all fine specimens,
especially one tiger cat one big black fsl.
low and the Maltese ones. ;5g&
| The decorations OF City hall by the La
| dies Committee arc magnificent, and we'll
worth Wait by all who attend the fair.
Tho fancy work department. s here, and it
has nayer been e1celled except in extent
| hereabou.s. At ". 4. MAYORS and Parks
& Dickeue' are exhibited tissue paper
dowers for which they offered premiums.
| NJ. Graft, the jsweler, has the fine art de-.
partment. Among the specimens Of work
Ia dogs head in oil which it would be
hard to boat. It is from the brush Of
Howard McGregor. .ia rs.
Mr.. James Duniee has a fine show Of
wheat at Althod'a bakery, on Belmont
street. ','5sa]zg gS'4j.R,
| Fred Garlocb, OF Nef g Siding, had the
! biggest sadishes, and Mr.. Hipkins, Of Mt.
Nelson dairy, the biggest bests, one OF the
latter weighing 1Gt pounds. l'75
! The poultry show iB on Belmont Gtreet,
| at the Public Square. ,.S,$sI1IIE
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